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Tornado Warning 62, NWS Goodland, KS

October 7, 2011Gove County, Sheridan County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at Oct 7, 2011, 10:09 PM CDT for Gove County, Sheridan County, Kansas. It was in force for 18 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Oct 7, 2011, 10:09 PM CDT (03:09 UTC)
Expired
Oct 7, 2011, 10:27 PM CDT
In force
18 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Gove County, KS, Sheridan County, KS

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Oct 7, 10:36 PM CDTFUNNEL CLOUD2 Se Gove, KS

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Oct 7, 6:33 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 158 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2011-10-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 442 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2011-10-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 129 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
442 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-108 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1533 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
129 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
102 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
1.9

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

959 
WFUS53 KGLD 080309
TORGLD
KSC063-179-080345-
/O.NEW.KGLD.TO.W.0062.111008T0309Z-111008T0345Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1009 PM CDT FRI OCT 7 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN GOVE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS...
  SHERIDAN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KANSAS...

* UNTIL 1045 PM CDT

* AT 1006 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR GOVE...AND WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  GRINNELL...GRAINFIELD...PARK...QUINTER...SEGUIN...TASCO AND HOXIE.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 86 AND 109.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

&&

LAT...LON 3887 10027 3894 10066 3952 10059 3940 10016
      3925 10016
TIME...MOT...LOC 0309Z 209DEG 30KT 3902 10047
HAIL 1.25IN
$$

JRM
1 follow-up statement
520 
WWUS53 KGLD 080327
SVSGLD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
927 PM MDT FRI OCT 7 2011

KSC063-179-080336-
/O.CAN.KGLD.TO.W.0062.000000T0000Z-111008T0345Z/
SHERIDAN KS-GOVE KS-
1027 PM CDT FRI OCT 7 2011

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN GOVE AND SHERIDAN COUNTIES IS
CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING NO LONGER APPEARS CAPABLE OF 
PRODUCING A TORNADO...THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN 
CANCELLED. STRONG WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL ARE 
STILL POSSIBLE AND A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS HAS 
REPLACED THE TORNADO WARNING.

IN ADDITION...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MAY REDEVELOP...AND A TORNADO 
WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM CDT.

LAT...LON 3887 10027 3894 10066 3952 10059 3940 10016
      3925 10016
TIME...MOT...LOC 0326Z 209DEG 30KT 3914 10038
$$

JRM

The office that day

Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 7, 7:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGove, Logan37 min
Oct 7, 7:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDDecatur, Sheridan, Thomas21 min
Oct 7, 7:23 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDGove, Sheridan37 min
Oct 7, 7:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDSheridan18 min
Oct 7, 7:55 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDGove, Sheridan35 min
Oct 7, 7:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDDecatur31 min
Oct 7, 8:59 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningGLDWichita6 hr
Oct 7, 9:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDWichita29 min
Oct 7, 9:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDWichita41 min
Oct 7, 9:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDGove17 min
Oct 7, 9:50 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDGove25 min
Oct 7, 10:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDWichita12 min
Oct 7, 10:10 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDGove35 min
Oct 7, 10:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDWichita30 min
Oct 7, 10:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGove, Logan, Wichita54 min
Oct 7, 10:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGove, Graham, Sheridan64 min
Oct 7, 10:34 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningGLDGove, Logan, Sheridan4 hr
Oct 7, 10:41 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDGove, Sheridan34 min
Oct 7, 10:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDWichita49 min
Oct 7, 10:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDNorton44 min
Oct 7, 11:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGove, Greeley, Logan, Wichita40 min
Oct 7, 11:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGraham, Norton, Sheridan48 min
Oct 7, 11:38 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDWichita37 min
Oct 8, 12:02 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningGLDLogan, Wichita3 hr
Oct 8, 12:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDLogan, Wallace, Wichita49 min
Oct 8, 12:18 AM CDTTornado WarningGLDGove, Logan27 min
Oct 8, 12:23 AM CDTTornado WarningGLDLogan37 min
Oct 8, 12:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDLogan, Thomas38 min
Oct 8, 2:26 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDDecatur, Graham, Norton, Sheridan34 min
Oct 8, 2:52 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningGLDDecatur, Gove, Graham, Logan, Norton, Sheridan and 2 more12 hr
Oct 8, 10:26 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningGLDNorton26 hr

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.